Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 69
... received them all with urbanity , and surprised them all by his interest in and mastery of their various provinces of knowledge . It was easy for his enemies to say that there was a royal court already established in Rome , with nothing ...
... received them all with urbanity , and surprised them all by his interest in and mastery of their various provinces of knowledge . It was easy for his enemies to say that there was a royal court already established in Rome , with nothing ...
Page 83
... received the message from the Senate , which bade them come down and justify their actions , Caius , it is said , seriously proposed to take his life in his hands and obey the summons . But Flaccus objected to put himself in the power ...
... received the message from the Senate , which bade them come down and justify their actions , Caius , it is said , seriously proposed to take his life in his hands and obey the summons . But Flaccus objected to put himself in the power ...
Page 99
... received at the end of the Cimbric war . The platform " of the revived Democratic party consisted of a reproduction , with some slight variations , of the schemes of Caius Gracchus . The permanent support of the urban mob was to be ...
... received at the end of the Cimbric war . The platform " of the revived Democratic party consisted of a reproduction , with some slight variations , of the schemes of Caius Gracchus . The permanent support of the urban mob was to be ...
Page 107
... can hardly have supposed that he had made the oath harmless and constitutional by adding a clause in which the mem- bers bound themselves , " when they had received the franchise , to regard Rome as their fatherland and Drusus.
... can hardly have supposed that he had made the oath harmless and constitutional by adding a clause in which the mem- bers bound themselves , " when they had received the franchise , to regard Rome as their fatherland and Drusus.
Page 114
... received their money told out on a table in the Forum . He always went about with a band of 300 armed satellites , and had a council of young Equites whom he called his anti - senate . Though he got a law passed that every man who owed ...
... received their money told out on a table in the Forum . He always went about with a band of 300 armed satellites , and had a council of young Equites whom he called his anti - senate . Though he got a law passed that every man who owed ...
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